The travel industry is helping travelers with disabilities have more positive travel experiences. Through careful research and planning, you can take care of the travel details so that travel is smoother for your travel clients with special needs.

To make the appropriate travel arrangements for your clients with special needs, you need to understand your clients' travel preferences and requirements. Gather information about their preferences and any special accommodations that they will need as they travel. Consider the specifics of air travel, car rentals, hotels, restaurants, and guide dog or service dog arrangements. You need to communicate these special needs to the appropriate travel providers.

Microsoft Office 2003 makes it easy for you to create accessible travel documents for your clients with disabilities. After a client's itinerary is final, you can communicate the information to your client in an accessible presentation. Before clients depart on their trips, give them a printed itinerary that they can carry with them throughout their travels.

Using the following tools, you can make travel more accessible for your clients with special needs.

• Plan travel for travelers with disabilities (Article)
  Discover how you can make travel arrangements that simplify travel for your special-needs clients.
• Create an accessible Office document (Training)
  Learn how to use Office 2003 to create documents that are accessible to clients with different disabilities.
• About creating accessible Office documents (Article)
  Learn about tips that you can use to create content that is accessible to all of your clients.
• New travel client preference form (Template)
  Record your clients' travel preferences and special needs.
• Travel itinerary presentation (Template)
  Present an accessible travel itinerary to your client by using this PowerPoint 2003 template.
• Travel itinerary (Template)
  Create an easy-to-read travel itinerary by using this Word 2003 template.